#BDA55D#BDA55D

#BDA55D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.096 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA55D
RGB	rgb(189, 165, 93)
HSL	hsl(45, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(45, 51%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 50.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.40, -0.65, 40.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.40, 40.27, 90.92°)
OKLab	oklab(72.75% -0.0024 0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(72.75% 0.096 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.4185, 38.5210, 15.8708)
Luminance	0.3852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA55D #5D75BD

analogous

#BD755D #BDA55D #A5BD5D

triadic

#BDA55D #5DBDA5 #A55DBD

tetradic

#BDA55D #5DBD75 #5D75BD #BD5DA5

square

#BDA55D #5DBD75 #5D75BD #BD5DA5

split-complementary

#BDA55D #5DA5BD #755DBD

monochromatic

#71612E #9D8640 #BDA55D #CFBD88 #E0D5B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BDA55D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#BDA55D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA55D

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA55D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA55D	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A357

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AA60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9B94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda55d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 165, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.096 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bf8c',
    500: '#bda55d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda55d;
$custom-light: #d3bf8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda55d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72746,
    "c": 0.09611,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA55D

secondary

#A7B1CF

accent

#75D256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA55D

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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